AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2 Exam
Questions with Answers
1. Give one reason why schema's are useful? Correct Answer: When we're in
unknown situations schemas help us know how to behave. So when we do not know what to do
our schema fills in the gaps for us and allow us to process situations better.
2. Give one reason why schema's are not useful? Correct Answer: schemas
may exclude information which doesn't conform to our prior expectations. As a result, we may
form stereotypes which are diflcult to shift, even if new,disputing information is presented. This
means we may not be processing the world around us accurately and may misjudge or represent a
person or situation.
3. Discuss the defense mechanism shown by Jed? Correct Answer: Displacement
is when we redirect our hostile feelings onto something else because it is not appropriate to
express their feeling towards the person or object in question. Jed can't take his frustration out on his
teacher, who issued the detention and he displaced his feelings by kicking the locker.
4. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare
to the bio- logical approach,
(A01 Behaviourist) Correct Answer: The behaviourist approach suggests that the basic
processes that govern learning in all species are the same. We learn through two concepts Correct
Answer: operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
5. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biolog- ical approach, (classical conditioning) Correct Answer: The idea of
classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov who found that we learn through association.
He found that it was possible to condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted
in the dogs producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no food was present.
Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure to an event leads to a learned and uncontrollable behaviour.
6. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the bi- ological approach, (operant conditioning) Correct Answer: Skinner
suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the consequences of our actions. He
conducted research into operant conditioning theory using rats, and found that three types of
consequences will attect behaviour Correct Answer: positive reinforcement involves rewarding a
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, behaviour, which increases it being repeated; negative reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant
outcome to increase it being repeated; punishment involves adding an unpleasant outcome,reducing
the behaviour.
7. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biolog- ical approach, (similarity to biological) Correct Answer: Both the
behaviourist approach and biological approach share a similarity in being determinist. Both
ignore the influence that the person can have and whether they have free will and can make their own
choices in these decisions.
8. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the bio- logical approach, (difference) Correct Answer: However, they ditter in that the
behaviourist approach is environmentally
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Questions with Answers
1. Give one reason why schema's are useful? Correct Answer: When we're in
unknown situations schemas help us know how to behave. So when we do not know what to do
our schema fills in the gaps for us and allow us to process situations better.
2. Give one reason why schema's are not useful? Correct Answer: schemas
may exclude information which doesn't conform to our prior expectations. As a result, we may
form stereotypes which are diflcult to shift, even if new,disputing information is presented. This
means we may not be processing the world around us accurately and may misjudge or represent a
person or situation.
3. Discuss the defense mechanism shown by Jed? Correct Answer: Displacement
is when we redirect our hostile feelings onto something else because it is not appropriate to
express their feeling towards the person or object in question. Jed can't take his frustration out on his
teacher, who issued the detention and he displaced his feelings by kicking the locker.
4. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare
to the bio- logical approach,
(A01 Behaviourist) Correct Answer: The behaviourist approach suggests that the basic
processes that govern learning in all species are the same. We learn through two concepts Correct
Answer: operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
5. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biolog- ical approach, (classical conditioning) Correct Answer: The idea of
classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov who found that we learn through association.
He found that it was possible to condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted
in the dogs producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no food was present.
Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure to an event leads to a learned and uncontrollable behaviour.
6. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the bi- ological approach, (operant conditioning) Correct Answer: Skinner
suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the consequences of our actions. He
conducted research into operant conditioning theory using rats, and found that three types of
consequences will attect behaviour Correct Answer: positive reinforcement involves rewarding a
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, behaviour, which increases it being repeated; negative reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant
outcome to increase it being repeated; punishment involves adding an unpleasant outcome,reducing
the behaviour.
7. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biolog- ical approach, (similarity to biological) Correct Answer: Both the
behaviourist approach and biological approach share a similarity in being determinist. Both
ignore the influence that the person can have and whether they have free will and can make their own
choices in these decisions.
8. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the bio- logical approach, (difference) Correct Answer: However, they ditter in that the
behaviourist approach is environmentally
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